Jennifer Senior

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. But almost none have thought to ask: What are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources—in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology—she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations—and luxuriate in some of its fi nest rewards. Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today—and tomorrow.

The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

All Joy and No Fun

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents? In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question, isolating and analyzing the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear. Recruiting from a wide variety of sources—in history, sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology—she dissects both the timeless strains of parenting and the ones that are brand new, and then brings her research to life in the homes of ordinary parents around the country. The result is an unforgettable series of family portraits, starting with parents of young children and progressing to parents of teens. Through lively and accessible storytelling, Senior follows these mothers and fathers as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations—and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards. Meticulously researched yet imbued with emotional intelligence, All Joy and No Fun makes us reconsider some of our culture's most basic beliefs about parenthood, all while illuminating the profound ways children deepen and add purpose to our lives. By focusing on parenthood, rather than parenting, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today—and tomorrow.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning portrait of one family's search for meaning in the face of unspeakable loss. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles or classic storytelling from the magazine's 165-year archive. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, Jennifer Senior explores the contours of grief through one family's twenty-year reckoning with the loss of their son, Bobby McIlvaine Jr., on September 11, 2001. Devastating and expansive, Senior's portrait examines her own relationship with the McIlvaine family alongside intimate scenes of both mourning and recovery experienced by Bobby's mother, father, younger brother, and soon-to-be fiancée. On Grief generously asks us what it means to consider grief, both personal and national, as an ongoing project.

Love, Loss, Memory

On Grief

Himmel und Hölle : das Dilemma moderner Elternschaft

Diamo per scontato che avere figli ci renderà più felici, ma è da alcuni anni che tutti gli studi dimostrano che è esattamente il contrario: un risultato che fa gridare allo scandalo, ma in cui è difficile non riconoscersi. Essere genitori non è mai stato facile, ma oggi sembra esserlo ancora meno: i cambiamenti degli ultimi decenni hanno infatti trasformato nel profondo un'esperienza che è diventata via via più frustrante e impegnativa. A ben guardare, essere genitori felici o soddisfatti ha molto a che vedere con la capacità di accettare la diversità e la libertà dei propri figli. Al contrario l'ansia e la frustrazione derivano dal tentativo, comune ma pur sempre disperato perché impossibile, di controllare ciò che è di per sé incontrollabile e imprevedibile, che sia la propria vita o quella di un'altra persona. Jennifer Senior entra nel vivo del dibattito sull'infelicità crescente del genitore moderno, per arricchirlo con la sua esperienza personale e indicare una nuova prospettiva. Con l'aiuto delle più recenti ricerche sul tema, e attraverso i racconti di madri e padri, ci spiega come prendere coscienza del cambiamento, parlare, confrontarsi e sperimentare nuovi metodi educativi. Un libro coraggioso e molto onesto che mette in discussione il mito della "famiglia felice", in cui per la prima volta si sposta il fuoco dell'indagine e ci si chiede in che misura i figli incidano sulla vita dei genitori.

Tanta gioia nessun piacere

Derek Thompson

Kaitlyn Tiffany

Megan Garber

Sophie Gilbert

Lenika Cruz

Lizzie Plaugic

The first six Atlantic Editions in a boxed collection. On BTS: Pop Music, Fandom, Sincerity by Lenika Cruz A love letter to Korean pop sensation BTS and an ode to fandom. On Misdirection: Magic, Mayhem, American Politics by Megan Garber An investigation of misinformation and fracturing in contemporary American political culture. On Womanhood: Bodies, Literature, Choice by Sophie Gilbert Twelve incisive, probing essays on womanhood in popular culture. On Grief: Love, Loss, Memory by Jennifer Senior The unflinching Pulitzer Prize-winning essay on mourning and recovery in the wake of an inconceivable tragedy. On Nobody Famous: Guesting, Gossiping, Gallivanting by Kaitlyn Tiffany and Lizzie Plaugic Dispatches from the everyday adventures of two regular women in New York. On Work: Money, Meaning, Identity by Derek Thompson A rousing commentary on the history of labor and the future of work. Atlantic Editions draw fromThe Atlantic's rich literary history and robust coverage of the driving cultural and political forces of today. Each book features reported essays by Atlantic writers from the magazine's 165-year archive.

Atlantic Editions 1-6 Boxed Set

"Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In asking what the effects are of children on their parents, journalist Jennifer Senior analyzes the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear ... By focusing on parentHOOD, rather than parentING, the book is original and essential reading for mothers and fathers of today--and tomorrow"--From publisher description.

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